View full sizeRandy L. Rasmussen/The OregonianA Facebook-organized Thursday "occupation" of Oswego Lake has been postponed due to inclement weather.

A Facebook-organized demonstration on Lake Oswego's 415-acre lake planned for this week has apparently been postponed until the sun comes out.

A Tuesday post from the administrator of the "Occupy Oswego Lake" page thanks people for expressing interest in canoeing onto the body of water, but claims inclement weather will delay the Thursday event to an undetermined date. Since the page's creation on March 7, it has garnered 61 "likes", but there doesn't appear to be any direct connection to the Occupy Wall Street movement.

There was no set time for Thursday's protest to begin, but there was an instruction to "bring canoe".

"This is not to say that you should refrain from taking your watercraft out on the lake on the 22nd if you wish to," the post read. "Remember, you can access the lake at any time."

Lake shareholders and critics have strongly disagreed recently over whether the city's largest natural resource is private or public. The lakebed and surrounding rim is owned by the Lake Oswego Corporation, a nonprofit made up of lakefront and nearby property owners who oversee maintenance and access to the lake through deeded easements and membership dues.

But others claim the water is a state-owned resource and the city is violating state law by not opening the entire lake to everyone.

Lake Oswego residents do have limited access to the water through two swim parks. The city does not provide access to Oswego Lake, but does owns waterfront property. The "Occupy Oswego Lake" participants had planned to use access points from city-owned property to get onto the lake.

Lake Corp officials notified shareholders of the proposed demonstration and held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss possible action.

Doug Thomas, president of the Lake Corp board of directors, confirmed that there was a meeting on Tuesday and said that while shareholders are always interested in protecting their property rights, Occupy Oswego Lake didn't appear to be a pressing concern.

"The shareholders are all dedicated to doing what's best for the community," said Thomas. "We don't know any of the people who apparently were trying to take part in this and, frankly, we've all got better things to worry about."

"Ultimately, I can't stop people from doing whatever it is they want to do," he added.